I found these at the Pottery Place today and I thought they looked more Thanksgiving like than anything else I had found to decorate with. Aren't they cute? They probably look like Mr. Bird Nest and I will look like after eating Thanksgiving dinner. Wait, we're a little chubby already I may need to add to them.
Thanks for reading,
Gretchen
This is just a little something I made for by our back door. So far it has come in very handy.
I waited until Mr. Bird Nest was gone and drilled the hole with his drill press. You would have been impressed. I put blue painters tape where I wanted the hole, so I could find the center and not splinter the slate. Yippee, it worked. He's never asked about it so he must think I bought it that way. I may be ready for the chop saw next.....or not.
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Gretchen
These are just a few of my many cookbooks. If I had to choose just one as my favorite it would be "Joy of Cooking". It always has just what I'm looking for.
Oh and I love to make bread too but as we get old I've had to ramp down how much of that I make. It just seems to come out of the oven and applies itself to my thighs immediately.
These are some of the most fun books to cook from. I love to gather them from trips to New England, the South, just wherever we happen to be.
Here is a recipe my family can't live without, when we have ham.
OVEN HASH BROWNS
2# bag of frozen Oreida O'Brien hash browns
1 stick of margarine
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
Saute the last three ingredients together.
Mix all of the above with these ingredients.
2 c. sour cream
2 c. mild cheddar cheese (shredded)
1 c. cream of chicken soup
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Mix all together. Put into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish.
I like to put Pepperidge Farm bread crumbs over the top of this casserole but you don't have to.
Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. For holidays when my oven is full, I just cook it in a crockpot.
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Gretchen
For some reason, I couldn't get any of these pictures aligned properly but oh well. Maybe I'm a little tilted.
What I wanted to show you is that anything can be art. My mother had these little doilies matted and framed and they usually hung in her living room.
I can't remember if I've posted this before, but I belonged to a 4-H Club growing up. Living on a dairy farm, I got to show cattle. Some of those calves were so stubborn. It was hard to make them do what I wanted them to, especially in a dress.
The little picture at the top right I got from a flea market and the one below I bought on E-Bay.
Yeah, that's me with the pigtails and the faded blue ribbon.
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Gretchen
Well this is what this island looked like when I bought it and below is what it looks like now.
I may end up sanding a few more edges but I'm really happy to how it looks.
The butcher block top is exactly the finish I wanted. It has stain, polyurethane and then I rubbed 0000 steel wool over it till it's like glass on top.
Mr. Bird Nest was really skeptical but I've made him a believer of what you can do with just an ordinary piece of furniture.
Most of these bowls I use everyday so it's nice to have them out where I can get them.
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Gretchen
I was looking for something that had Autumn colors to hang on the back door and this is what I found in my stash. They are two candle rings I wired together and then used some ribbon that came on a box of candles. Cost $0.00.
I've already shown you the front door but I knew it was lacking a little something. Friday at the Dollar Tree I bought this wired ribbon and it was just the touch it needed.
Now I need to find something for the door from the garage into the house. As much as I hate it, Mr. Bird Nest insists on leaving the garage door open all the time, so everyone comes in that way.
Thanks for reading,
Gretchen
